kristenncrn

kristenncrn

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  1. Talking Dirty

    kristenncrn replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    I know a nurse who was directly affected by this - and this nurse is honestly one of the best nurses I have ever known. Because he is male, all that had to be said was "harrassment" - and he was...

  2. Have you ever been a patient?

    kristenncrn replied to jessi1106's topic in General Nursing

    Yep - I was born with an ASD that was pretty large, so had frequent cardiac caths as a kid. I stopped breathing a couple of times before age 2. Good thing my mom is a nurse. Then had open heart...

  3. What do you do or subscribe to to stay current of nursing information?

    kristenncrn replied to Dancin'Mom's topic in General Nursing

    Don - Yeah, we both like Men in Nursing, but I agree that it doesn't really seem very gender specific... though their last issue's article about leading and management as a male in a "female"...

  4. What do you do or subscribe to to stay current of nursing information?

    kristenncrn replied to Dancin'Mom's topic in General Nursing

    Don, I think Advance is free to senior nursing students... https://secure.advanceweb.com/RegisterNow.aspx?BRID=C74605356C8E to set that up? I get Advance and Spectrum. I also get the ANA and my state...

  5. Its True about Nurses and Tickets

    kristenncrn replied to ScooterNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I got a ticket in nurses school... but it got thrown out (thankfully.) When pulled, I was in scrubs, late for clinicals and going exactly 10 over the limit. And I'm a very polite person with...

  6. "Don't get too worked up about it"

    kristenncrn replied to JaneyW's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure I'd stay with a HCP who says something like "don't get too worked up about it!" And while I know plenty of techs, CNAs and MAs that are as intelligent, as trustworthy and/or as...

  7. My family can't believe nurses don't get breaks

    kristenncrn replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    I'll just point out that I choose to work weekends - no extra staff. And since we're under a hiring freeze, right now, that *really* means we are short. We rarely have a tech (and if we do, it is...

  8. My family can't believe nurses don't get breaks

    kristenncrn replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    Frustrating, isn't it? I'm not sure there is a way. Even nurses who have worked on the floor forget after a while, I've found. The only people that I know who seem to get it are the people who do...

  9. Hospital forcing RNs to participate in unit-base committees

    kristenncrn replied to nelcoy4's topic in General Nursing

    And just a sidenote - I'm a huge advocate for positive change and put many hours into drafting researched based suggestions for improving morale on our unit. My empolyee reviews always include...

  10. Hospital forcing RNs to participate in unit-base committees

    kristenncrn replied to nelcoy4's topic in General Nursing

    It is mandatory that we are on at least one committee. If we want raises, we have to head or co-head one. And we are NOT paid for any of it. Fair? No. Legal? Prolly not. Talk to HR about it? Lots...

  11. Define Nursing in 3 words

    kristenncrn replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in General Nursing

    Breakneck Vigilance

  12. Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    kristenncrn replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Can you find me some fried chicken?" (Um, yes. Go down four floors, out the door that says main enterance, get in the car and drive to KFC. And bring me back some

  13. You know when your hospital orientation is terminated when...

    kristenncrn replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I love this thread. I thought I was the only one. I went from paperwork with my manager, videos with my manager, one week with a preceptor - then WHAMMO. "We need you on nights, but you'll do fine....

  14. Any non-traditonal students out there?

    kristenncrn replied to denise0815's topic in General Nursing

    I got my RN at 32. Went to school with a 61 year old grandfather. Now HE was non-traditional (and he kicked butt.) I had several friends who were older than me in my class. And had lots of very...

  15. Tons of Questions for a tough decision

    kristenncrn replied to alliestar's topic in General Nursing

    ? If you think so... I have a previous degree and grad school. I'm doing an MSN bridge program now. I'm very glad that I got my ADN from a community college - having the prior degree certainly is...

  16. Tons of Questions for a tough decision

    kristenncrn replied to alliestar's topic in General Nursing

    I did it with a 2 year old. As a single mom. Working part time. And got married during nursing school. To a hottie (well, I think so anyway.) I work in the hospital - 12 hour days. With the...

  17. Calling Docs by their first name...

    kristenncrn replied to zamboni's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for that! I appreciate the perspective - and I would hope that people would be respectful enough to choose to call everyone by the title/name that they felt best. It's interesting - after...

  18. Interested in becoming a nurse after having cancer

    kristenncrn replied to believe777's topic in General Nursing

    1.) I work in pediatrics - almost never (literally, maybe 3X a year) am I near xrays or CT scans. My husband works in the cardiac cath lab - he doesn't go more than 3 hours without needing to wear...

  19. I feel so guilty about Graduating!

    kristenncrn replied to PinkFuzz's topic in General Nursing

    Hausfrau - just to clarify, I personally think it was a mistake on a tiny scale! :) A big mistake is: giving 50X the correct methadone dose without checking the dose and coding a child (happened on my...

  20. I feel so guilty about Graduating!

    kristenncrn replied to PinkFuzz's topic in General Nursing

    "Suddenly, my mind just went blank! I did just check the dosage and everything else on this medicine, but let me step into the hallway and double check before I answer? I want to make sure that...

  21. Alarmism??

    kristenncrn replied to RNdudeNNJ's topic in General Nursing

    Laughing over the IV phenergan... I had an anestesiology resident give me undiluted phenergan into an infiltrated PIV on the back of my hand. If I weren't puking, I'd have embarrassed myself berating...

  22. I feel so guilty about Graduating!

    kristenncrn replied to PinkFuzz's topic in General Nursing

    Yep yep yep! Agree with all above! So I'd vote for move on... and you learned a really important lesson about nursing in general. It's always better not to guess - and it's okay to not have instant...

  23. 2?s: Length of Orientation, Favorite Peds books

    kristenncrn replied to gentle's topic in Pediatric

    Favorite books: For BASICS and easy reading: Pediatric Nursing Made Incredibly Easy (seriously! - it's super reader-friendly) Pediatric Nurses Survival Guide (Rebeschi) Textbook: Wong's Essentials of...

  24. Poll: Hand Washing

    kristenncrn replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    Countless Yes Yes

  25. Pca Key

    kristenncrn replied to barbyann's topic in General Nursing

    We all have our own too. I'm confused though - because if I were going to divert, it wouldn't be liquid morphine (or most common PCA in peds.) It'd be the pyxis, I would think. But I can't take...